Awesome advice. I certainly agree with that. It just makes since. Thanks
I was taking g One A Day Gummy vitamin. Until today after reading the first ingredient was corn syrup. Are they harmful and should I take vitamins while on metformin. Have you herd of any contraindications with vitamins or apple cider vinigar
That was so helpful. I needed you guys more than I knew. Thanks a Million
Right now, just focus on lowering your consumption of carbs, getting some activity most days of the week, taking the metformin, & checking your blood sugar once or twice a day.
You can try vinegar etc in a couple months. Right now concentrate on improving your daily diet.
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What she said
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Hey, if you like broccoli thatās great for a diabetic! So many things you can do, some great recipes for cream of broccoli soup, all sorts of good stuff.
Also, asparagus, artichokes, salads, all sorts of yummy veggies that you can make your diet from. Artichoke with garlic butterā¦ MMMMMMMM!! (see a theme here?)
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The Gretchen Becker book has a solid reputation for being excellent, and hereās another one that you can read online from Wil Dubois
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Welcome! In addition to the totally excellent comments you have gotten Iād like to also pass on some words of wisdom.
First, you may feel like your life is destroyed by diabetes but you will be fine. And you need to remind yourself that you can do this. I know it sounds totally ātwisted,ā but if you have to be diagnosed with diabetes it is great to be diagnosed in 2016 (as opposed to 1916). These days you can totally manage your diabetes and life a long, healthy and happy life!
Second, you should never feel shame or blame about your diabetes. You didnāt get diabetes because of some personal failing. You yourself said it, your mother has diabetes. I like to say the biggest reason I have diabetes is that I made a āpoor choice of parents.ā Seriously, T2 is hereditary. You didnāt give yourself diabetes.
Anyway, welcome!
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Broccoli and cauliflower are very D friendly and are a mainstay of my diet. At some point you also mentioned eggs, itās basically safe to eat as many as you want as they are very low carb. I also find them very filling.
There are lots of folks around here who are successfully dealing with D. It just requires some changes to your diet and lifestyle. With time these changes will become second nature and you will be able to get on with your life.
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Good advice. Iām all over the place because Iām afraid. You guys have been a life saver. Thanks
Thanks Dave I would like the recipes. I love all this veggies
Just what I needed Iāll get on it today. Thanks a Million
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Big Smiles. I thank you so much. It helps to know that there are people who has beat this and who are fighting like me. Is it normal to feel light headed throughout the day from time to time? It comes and goes also I can feel slightly off balance from time to time.
I am so happy to have you guys. I like eggs and love broccoli so thatās good news for meat. I am not a big Meat eater. Iāve always been into veggies and juicing. I also like the acronym D, t2, ect. It helps. Can you tell me how to use the emoji faces
Itās absolutely true that you have to rethink what is āhealthyā food. The question really is how does your body and your diabetes react to a given food or mealā¦on a given day. If youāre going to check BG obsessively, donāt beat yourself up about the results - instead, turn it into data: Take a reading before a meal, again one hour after you started, and again two hours after you started the meal. Record what you ate and lookup the grams of carbs, fat, and protein. Everyone reacts differently, but getting this sort of data can help you find meals that work for you. Adding fat or protein to a meal can slow down the blood glucose rise. Drinking a lot of water can help as well (you definitely donāt want to be dehydrated). Even a short 5-10 minute walk immediately after a meal can help. (BTW, I go on data binges like this for a week or two every year or so, and Iām always surprised at some food that Iāve been thinking was ok - or that I had no idea I could tolerate!)
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Thanks this sounds like what Iām doing. I like the idea of writing down what Iām eating and the effects as well as taking a reading 1andb2 hours after. I find that if I eat to much no matter the food is feel suffocated. Itās difficult to breath for me. I over did it with the coli flower and broccoli and Iām paying for it now.
Looks like you should read about dawn phenomenon.
Dawn Phenomenon
It has a different name, which Iāve forgotten, when it occurs later in the day, as it appears to have happened for you.
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Thanks a million . Yes This sound like what Iām experiencing
Missy, itās very hard to bring BG down as a T2 without more insulin.
There are two main ways to do this for a T2: Medications that stimulate insulin production by the pancreas, or directly taking external insulin.
Metformin alone does not stimulate insulin production. Instead, it supresses release of glucose in the blood by the liver, taking some of the pressure off the system overall to clear sugar from the blood, and by increasing sensitivity to insulin and therefore its effectiveness.
This very often isnāt enough, however, for many T2s. Also, when BG is elevated, it doesnāt really help much to get it down.
Absent one of the insulin stimulating meds like sufonylureas, your only option when your BG is high is to eliminate carbs from what your eating temporarily, and try and get as much cardio physical activity going as you can.
With these measures if you still run high BG, you need discuss some additional medications, or perhaps exogenous insulin, with your doctor.
Many people with T2 are able to minimize spikes with avoiding simple carbs & getting some (almost) daily activity. I think it largely depends on the status of your pancreatic function.
Metformin, careful diet, & exercise kept me in safe range for 5 years.